I’ve held this TED talk back to put up while I’m away from my desk for a few days, so if you haven’t seen it yet, watch this by Allan Savory. I understand it’s “gone viral”. I’ve featured Savory on this site a number of times before, including this interview by radio ecoshock. He’s controversial, [...]
Please note that this is the fourth of a special four-part series here at Big Picture Agriculture listing and describing methods for producing more crop per drop in farming. This Part 4 post lists methods 26 through 35. 26. Pumps for Irrigating It wasn’t until motorized pumps powered by fossil fuels were used to irrigate [...]
Please note that this is the third of a special four-part series here at Big Picture Agriculture listing and describing methods for “doing more with less” water use in farming. This Part 3 post lists methods 16 through 25. 16. Organic Farm Soils Require Less Water to Grow Crops In the Rodale Institute’s 30 year [...]
